Red-Hot Rockabilly: The Collins Kids - Rock and Roll Polka

[Dethmasheen]

Missing Bobwurst... :(

[hellcatBMX468]

great these two had great talent. im only 14 and i hate this new fucking music. youll never find this type of talent again.

[friscolobo]

Great talent. Better than anything today.

[TL250Rider]

Check out the Double Neck

Jimmy Page would be proud.

This is fantastic 

[prettyoddchild]

Does anyone have the lyrics to this song? I can't really understand them!

[chilufya]

@prettyoddchild

(verse)

On the corner, by the malt shop

Where the kids go after school

They're never late to meet their date

Sitting at the counter stool

Have a soda, have a sundae

Make it cherry coke or lime

Gotta check the juke box platters

Hey, who's got the dime?

[chilufya]

@prettyoddchild

(chorus)

Come on and rock and roll the polka now

Come on and rock and roll, we'll show you how

Up on your feet and then, you hop and skip and jump

That crazy beat will keep on umpa umpa umpa umpa

So rock and roll around the town

Rock and roll the polka 'til the record runs down

Drop another dime in, play it one more time

And then we'll rock and roll it again

[ethicomm]

Must have been sort of weird to see a little kid playing a double neck electric guitar back then.

[gabrielle931]

TTHNKS, THIS IS SOOOOOGOOD!

[LaVerne37]

G E N I U S...many thanks for posting!

Wayne in Texas.

[tubeampz1]

the Collins Kids are literally at the foundation of Rock- a- Billy, and considering Larry's age and ability, showmanship..holy crap! they are ICONS!

[4321Blastoff]

roscoe008, you could always purchase the Collins Kids on cd. Amazon probably has used copies for pretty cheap.

[roscoe008]

Many, many times over the years I've called oldies stations requesting The Kids and never, never are they played. The jerks follow the top twenty list as if minefields exist beyond it. Thank God for this medium. I seldom listen to oldies radio anymore.

[elyulsessence]

Oh how do I agree!!! There isn't anything out today that can hold a candle to these kids---and they don't appear to have any substance abuse problems which seems almost impossible in this day and age.

[Khultan]

@roscoe008 Ha ha ha those jerks are terrified of losing their jobs and those radio station managers are imbeciles for doing this era dirty.

[trigamello]

Fine example of what was once very common to California: live, local rock-a-billy and country music on t.v. And a fine example of what is missing from 'country music' and 'oldies' radio programming. The Europeans know better; I wish American media programmers did too.

[dkfelix]

There are probably more rockabilly bands outside the US than inside today.

We love Eddie, Gene, Buddy, Hal, Sleepy, the Kids , Don, Johhny. You nsame it. they are played by bands every day here in Euorope.

Tomorrow they have annocunced a live segment on national television from a rockabilly rave her in Denmark.